Wednesday 25 April 2007

Neap tide


There's very little range in sea levels today - could be a good opportunity to watch the tide go out and be disappointed not to see the usual rocks appearing. And it would be exciting to not see the pool filling up.

1 comment:

MM said...

NEAP: Origin unknown. (Low German: East Friesland) Nippflood, Nipptide, German Nippflut (1827 or earlier), Nipptide, Swedish nipflod (1881), niptid (1887), Danish nipflod (1880 or earlier), niptid (1756 or earlier; also in form neptid), all late borrowings, prob. ult. from English.